Northern San Juan

Avalanche

Doug Krause · Feb 3, 2014 · Northern San Juan

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Weather

Lovely

Snowpack

Widespread collapsing and cracking with remote action. Storm snow on top of variable thickness temp crust with basal facets.

Avalanche

The Cream. 38 degrees, East, 11k, Below TL SS-ASr-R3/D2.5-I/O from 30' 2-3 x 200 x 800 feet. Full track. Avalanche crossed three road cuts depositing 6-10' of debris on each then hit the creek.